Can’t attend in person? Join us live for Richard Florida and The New Urban Crisis today at 4:30pm. Florida will lecture on his most recent book, The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class-and What We Can Do About It. Best known for his concept of […]
On October 25th, Sociology Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino and PhD candidates Taylor Cain and Sarah Hosman discussed gentrification in Boston through a historical lens and through specific case studies in Allston, Jamaica Plain, and Roxbury. View more about the panel here.
Today marks three years since the passing of our co-founder, Mayor Tom Menino. He believed in the power of mayors to improve lives and take bold steps toward protecting the environment. He believed in the importance of cities as welcoming places devoted to fairness, equity and justice. He believed in the power of youth to […]
Government – Trying to Keep My Faith, But Should I Look For More: Reflections On Public Service Last Monday, four BU alumni joined Katharine Lusk, the Executive Director of the Initiative on Cities, to reflect on their lives in public service. Tyler Fields (CAS ‘16), Daniel Lesser (Questrom ‘17), Shari Davis (SAR ‘10, ‘12), and […]
Join the Boston University Initiative on Cities on Thursday, November 9, 2017 at 4:30pm at 213 Bay State Road to welcome Richard Florida to campus to give a lecture on his new book, The New Urban Crisis: How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class—and What We Can Do About […]
The Initiative on Cities (IOC) is pleased to announce Augustine Jimenez (Boston University Class of 2020) as our 2017 – 2018 National League of Cities (NLC) Menino Fellow. Augustine is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations. Through this Fellowship, Augustine will spend the fall semester paired with a faculty member in an […]
Jerry Abramson, Michael Nutter, and Katie King (CAS’06, SPH’13) visited the IOC on Thursday, October 5th, to explore intergovernmental relation in a partisan era. The panel discussed how cities, states, and the federal government collaborate across issues and party lines. Learn more about their discussion here.
Katharine Lusk, Executive Director of the Initiative on Cities, traveled to New York last week to help shape the upcoming Women Mayors’ Network, founded by the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The Women Mayors’ Network, or WoMN, focuses on highlighting women’s’ perspective in mayoral positions in cities around the globe. The network brings international collaboration and […]
On September 27, the Initiative on Cities hosted a discussion examining how urban transportation can shift towards an equitable, sustainable future. Terrence Regan, from the Boston University Metropolitan College and the U.S. DOT Volpe Center, covered how regional governments are cooperating with private businesses to make large-scale projects more feasible. Lily Song, from the Harvard […]
Can’t join us in person? Tune in below to watch Cities in the Federal System: Building Bipartisan Relationships in a Hyper Partisan Era. Jerry Abramson, Michael Nutter, and Katie King (CAS’06, SPH’13) discuss how mayors and officials at the state and federal levels can work together to identify and achieve common goals.